Character Relationship Map: Accomplice

Characters

• Simon Lash (played by Richard Arlen) — protagonist

  A Los Angeles attorney and Joyce's former fiancé, Simon takes on the search for her missing husband. He investigates the bank, follows clues about the ranch and the Castle, and gradually uncovers the...

• Eddie Slocum (played by Tom Dugan) — supporting

  Simon Lash's legal assistant, Eddie investigates Sam's gentlemen's club at Simon's request. He finds a letter addressed to Sam from Mrs. James Baker and later gives Simon information that Evelyn Price...

• Evelyn Price (played by Marjorie Manners) — supporting

  A red-haired woman who answers the door at Sam's gentlemen's club, Evelyn admits to Simon's associate that she had an affair with Sam but has not seen him for several days. Simon later discovers that...

• Vincent Springer (played by Herbert Rawlinson) — supporting

  The president of the Sheridan National Bank, Springer assures Simon that the bank is sound and claims Sam is on vacation. Simon later learns that Springer has disappeared and suspects the bank's affai...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Evelyn Price → Vincent Springer (Romantic Mistress) — Their affair links Evelyn directly to the bank's hidden financial and criminal secrets.

  Simon concludes that Evelyn was actually the bank president's mistress rather than the missing husband's mistress.

• Simon Lash → Eddie Slocum (Professional Legal Assistant) — Eddie supports Simon's investigation by gathering information and reporting his findings by telephone.

  Eddie Slocum is identified as Simon Lash's legal assistant and is sent to investigate the missing husband's gentlemen's club.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Eddie Slocum → Evelyn Price (Social Informational Contact) — Their brief contact supplies Simon with an important lead.

  Eddie investigates the gentlemen's club, finds a letter addressed to the missing husband, and encounters Evelyn at the associated residence.

• Simon Lash → Vincent Springer (Conflict Investigator And Suspect) — Springer's unexplained disappearance makes him central to Simon's reconstruction of the crime.

  Simon investigates the bank and speaks with Vincent Springer, whose disappearance later becomes part of the murder puzzle.

• Simon Lash → Evelyn Price (Narrative Investigator And Witness) — Evelyn becomes an important witness in Simon's search for the truth.

  Simon investigates Evelyn after Eddie finds a letter to the missing husband, and Evelyn provides information about the man's movements.

Story Analysis

A determined investigator uncovers a financial conspiracy hidden behind disappearances, disguises, and staged murders.

Plot Progression

1. The Vanished Banker — Simon accepts the case of a missing wealthy husband and begins examining the bank. Eddie's discovery of a letter leads Simon to Evelyn and raises doubts about the assignment.
2. The Ranch Murder — A telephone report leads Simon to a remote ranch, where the missing man's body is found. Evidence of two shots turns an apparent suicide into a suspected murder.
3. Secrets in the Desert — Evelyn and the bank president disappear, while hotel and vehicle clues reveal a hidden brunette identity. Simon connects the investigation to financial wrongdoing and begins pursuing the next lead.
4. The Castle Trap — Simon travels to New Mexico and follows the trail to a remote estate. He is imprisoned there but escapes before confronting the person he believes caused the murders.
5. Gunfire and Reckoning — The hidden scheme is exposed when the supposedly dead husband appears. A gunfight kills the conspirators and ends with Simon killing the surviving threat.